Susanne & Jan Broekhuijsen: Sonatas for violin and piano by Brahms and Franck

About Susanne Broekhuijsen and Jan Broekhuijsen

Susanne Broekhuijsen studied violin with Ilya Grubert. She was a member of the National Youth Orchestra and the Wiener Jeunesse Orchester. Susanne substituted in various orchestras, such as the Radio Chamber Orchestra, the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, the Residentie Orchestra, the Orchestra of the East, the Combattimento Consort and as a baroque violinist in La Sorpresa.

As a soloist she performed the violin concertos of Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Korngold. At the moment she mainly focuses on chamber music, where besides giving violin-piano recitals she can be heard regularly as primarius in the Euregio-ensemble and as violist in the Lucien Capettrio.

Her father Jan Broekhuijsen studied piano at the Sweelinck Conservatory with Willem Brons. He also followed a visual arts education at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy. He was a teacher for three decades at the music therapy program at the HAN in Nijmegen. His activities as a pianist are focused on chamber music and the solo repertoire for piano.

Program

Before the break, the program consists of a piece by Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano in G major, op. 78 and after a short break the program continues with a work by César Franck: Sonata for violin and piano in A major

About the location

This living room concert will take place at Joris and Koen's home; in their living room in the canal house Rozengracht 55, a national monument from 1663. Tickets include a drink afterwards.